Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 2, 2010 7:30 AM
Semantic search firm NetBase has raised $9 million in a third round of funding. The company says its technology “reads sentences to surface insights from billions of sources in public and private online information.” Customers include five of the top ten consumer packaged goods companies in the U.S., who use…
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Tameka Kee
Aug 14, 2009 12:26 PM
Roblox has raised roughly $2.2 million in funding for its virtual world/casual game hybrid, according to an SEC filing. Altos Ventures and First Round Capital participated in the round, per VentureWire. Roblox lets kids socialize, play games and build their own virtual environments; many of the games on the site…
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Tameka Kee
Dec 3, 2008 3:50 PM
Koofers, a knowledge-sharing hub and community for students has secured $500,000 of a $2 million first round peHUB reports, citing a regulatory filing. Altos Ventures and New Atlantic Ventures provided the funds. While it’s a small amount, it does seem to be part of a larger trend toward incubating social-education…
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Matt Kapko
Oct 14, 2008 5:06 PM
Widget developer JS-Kit has raised $3.6 million in a second round of funding which it plans to use to hire more staff and build a broader management team. Altos Ventures led the investment and original investor TEF3 also contributed. JS-Kit develops inexpensive add-ons for websites like comments, ratings, reviews and…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 3, 2008 3:27 PM
Crownpeak, an LA-based provider of hosted content management systems, has raised $6 million from SunAmerica Ventures, and past backers Sigma Partners and Altos Ventures, reports socalTech. The company previously raised $4.25 million in 2006, bringing its total to $10.25 million. Crownpeak, which targets online marketers, touts the fact that it…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jan 10, 2008 9:39 AM
Outspark, an SF-based online casual multi-player games operator, has raised an $11 million second round lead by Chinese internet portal Tencent Holdings. DCM and Altos Ventures, which invested in Outspark’s first round last year, also participated. The company’s strategy is to bring popular Asian games to the US audience, so…
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